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History · Marion

Marion’s post office opened in 1898, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Marion was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Its Register listing is the William and Martha Myrick House. Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1900.

1898first post office
1on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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How Marion began

When was Marion founded?

1898

The Marion post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 187 in 19002020 census: 676128 years
Founding year: the first Marion post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Marion’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Marion are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1900 and 1910, then grew 5-fold.
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Start Marion’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marion’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Marion, census by census

01002003004005006007001900192019401960198020002020187 in 1900Low: 128

Lost a third of its people between 1900 and 1910, then grew 5-fold.

8 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Marion’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Marion came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Marion.

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The area that is now Marion was used in the 1860s by rancher Samuel P. Hoyt, whose 600–700 head of cattle grazed over most of Marion's land. The settlement itself was founded in the mid-1870s and was originally named "Morrell" after William Morrell, who built the first house. A large portion of the early settlers were Danish American immigrants, and the community was also often called "Denmark".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Marion, 1898 to 2010

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Marion post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902BuiltWilliam and Martha Myrick House is built
  5. 1913Post officeThe Marion post office closes
  6. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 21st century
  8. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 685
By decade

Marion, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Myrick House2015Myrick House
On the map

Marion on the map, 1967 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Marion. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Marion on the 1967 USGS mapMarion on the 1998 USGS map1967Kamas sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Marion.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Marion

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
William and Martha Myrick House
William and Martha Myrick House, built 1902
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Eastlake1
William and Martha Myrick HouseEastlake · Built 1902

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Marion

Nobody well known was born in Marion itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Steven HolcombAmerican bobsledder · b. 1980
Anthony GearyAmerican actor · b. 1947
Casey DawsonAmerican speed skater · b. 2000
Haley BattenAmerican cyclist · b. 1998
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Esther HicksAmerican writer · b. 1948
Arthur Vivian WatkinsAmerican politician · b. 1886
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Marion had its own post office from 1898 to 1913.

Marion
1898–1913
18901960today
1cemetery inside Marion
Marion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Marion’s history

What year was Marion founded?

The Marion post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Marion?

One place: the William and Martha Myrick House (listed 1982).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.